c8g.metal-48xlvsc8i.metal-48xl

c8g.metal-48xl is 15% cheaper than c8i.metal-48xl on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $977.62 a month. They use different processor architectures (arm64 and x86_64), so software built for one may need rebuilding to run on the other.

At a glancec8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
On-demand$7.657/hr15% less$8.996/hr
Lowest rate$1.662/hr21% lessSpot, can be interrupted$2.094/hrSpot, can be interrupted
Size192 vCPUs, 384 GiB192 vCPUs, 384 GiB
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturearm64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl vs c8g.metal-48xl
On-demandPay by the hour$7.657$8.996▲ 17%
SpotCan be interrupted78% off$1.66277% off$2.094▲ 26%
1-yr reservedNo upfront34% off$5.046——
3-yr reservedNo upfront56% off$3.365——
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$5.48928% off$6.501▲ 18%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment52% off$3.70752% off$4.344▲ 17%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c8g.metal-48xl leads
On-demand price$7.657 vs $8.996 per hour
15% cheaper
Physical cores192 vs 96
2× higher
Max EBS volumes79 vs 64
23% higher
Where c8i.metal-48xl leads
Max network interfaces24 vs 15
60% higher
EBS baseline bandwidth60,000 Mbps vs 40,000 Mbps
50% higher
Clock speed3.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
44% higher

Specs

21 of 39 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute8 of 10 differc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
vCPUs192192
Physical cores19296
Threads per core12
Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAWS Graviton4 ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerAWSIntel
Clock speed2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Sustained clock2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Processor features–Intel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo; Intel AMX
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
Memory (GiB)384384
Networking5 of 8 differc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
Network50 Gigabit75000 Megabit
Network baseline50 Gbps75 Gbps
Network peak50 Gbps75 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1524
IPv4 addresses per interface5064
Storage6 of 11 differc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput40000 Mbps60000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth40,000 Mbps60,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput5,000 MB/s7,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS240,000240,000
EBS max IOPS240,000240,000
Max EBS volumes7964
Instance details2 of 9 differc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xl
Familyc8gc8i
CategoryCompute optimizedCompute optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor384384
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesUEFILegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c8g.metal-48xl first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionc8g.metal-48xlc8i.metal-48xlDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$5.182$8.996▲ 74%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$5.182$8.996▲ 74%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$7.476$8.817▲ 18%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.63$8.996▲ 18%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.657$8.996▲ 17%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.657$8.996▲ 17%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.17$9.632▲ 18%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.185$9.652▲ 18%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.187$9.653▲ 18%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.348$9.843▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$8.617$10.161▲ 18%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.707$10.266▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.797$10.373▲ 18%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.066$10.69▲ 18%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.066$10.69▲ 18%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$9.515$11.219▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.606$11.325▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.965$11.748▲ 18%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$10.234$12.066▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$10.462$12.336▲ 18%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$11.729$13.865▲ 18%

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.